The knock-knock joke is a type of joke, probably the best-known format of the pun, and is a time-honored "call and answer" exercise.
It is a role-play exercise, with a punster and a recipient of wit.
The standard format has five lines:
Another example is: The punster: "Knock Knock!" The recipient: " Who's there?" The punster: " Boo!" The recipient: " Boo who?" The punster: "No need to cry its only a joke!"
Knock-knock jokes are well entrenched in...
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The knock-knock joke is a type of joke, probably the best-known format of the pun, and is a time-honored "call and answer" exercise.
It is a role-play exercise, with a punster and a recipient of wit.
The standard format has five lines:
Another example is: The punster: "Knock Knock!" The recipient: " Who's there?" The punster: " Boo!" The recipient: " Boo who?" The punster: "No need to cry its only a joke!"
Knock-knock jokes are well entrenched in the UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Australia, the US., Canada, South Africa, and Philippines. In nations such as Brazil, India and Germany they are practically unknown. In French they begin "Toc-Toc" and in Afrikaans and Dutch "Klop-klop." In Spanish, it may be enough for the punchline to rhyme with the response.
The exact date of the joke formula attaining popularity is unknown. "Knock knock" was the music hall catchphrase Wee Georgie Wood from at least 1936, when he is recorded saying it in a radio play, but he simply used the words as a...
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